Just Include Me - Inclusive Health Practice

The Just Include Me eLearning series provides health professionals with the tools to promote inclusion and deliver person-centred care for people with intellectual disability in healthcare settings.

• Identify the individual needs of a person with intellectual disability for person-centred care.
• Understand the impact of unconscious bias in health care and reflect on personal attitudes and behaviours.  
• Identify systemic barriers in healthcare that perpetuate bias and strategies to address and reduce bias in practice.
• Determine and apply reasonable adjustments relevant to the person's needs, while liaising with others involved in a person's care and support.
• Effectively communicate with people by identifying their communication needs and applying appropriate adjustments.
• Understand your role in identifying underlying health factors and needs contributing to behaviours of concern in people with intellectual disability.
• Apply positive behaviour strategies to support people with intellectual disability in engaging with health services.
• Identify virtual care barriers for people with intellectual disability and determine reasonable adjustments to facilitate access to virtual care or alternatives.
• Understand your role in preserving the rights of people with intellectual disability to consent and make healthcare decisions.  
• Apply decision support strategies to involve decision-makers in care provision based on individual will and preferences.